Heinlein was the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived. His novels have been translated into every literate language on the globe--over 25 million Heinlein books are in print in this country alone. For five decades, young readers of science fiction discovered Heinlein, then gone on to voraciously devour every Heinlein book they can get their hands on. His now-legendary 'Stranger in a Strange Land' was the first hardcover bestseller by a science fiction writer. Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com Review. Juan Rico signed up with the Federal Service on a lark, but despite the hardships and rigorous training, he finds himself determined to make it as a cap trooper. In boot camp he will learn how to become a soldier, but when he graduates and war comes (as it always does for soldiers),. From 1975 on, every new Heinlein novel made the 'New York Times' best-seller list and shipped a million copies, including 'The Number of the Beast', 'Friday', 'Job: A Comedy of Justice', 'The Cat Who Walks Through Walls', and 'To Sail Beyond the Sunset'. In a career spanning half a century, he wrote over forty books, and four of his novels won Hugo Awards, an unequalled record for almost four decades. For the last three generations of readers, Heinlein 'is' science fiction. Publication date December 1959 Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Pages 263 (paperback edition) Starship Troopers is a novel by U.S. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the U.S., the story was first published as a two-part serial in as Starship Soldier, and published as a book by in December 1959. The story is set in a future society ruled by a dominated by a military elite. The follows through his military service in the. Rico progresses from recruit to against the backdrop of an interstellar war between humans and an alien species known as 'Arachnids' or '. Interspersed with the primary plot are classroom scenes in which Rico and others discuss philosophical and moral issues, including aspects of,,, and; these discussions have been described as expounding Heinlein's own political views. Starship Troopers has been identified with a tradition of in U.S. Science fiction, and draws parallels between the conflict between humans and the Bugs, and the. A novel, Starship Troopers also critiques U.S. Society of the 1950s, argues that a lack of discipline had led to a moral decline, and advocates and. Starship Troopers brought to an end. It became one of his best-selling books, and is considered his most widely known work. It won the in 1960, and garnered praise from reviewers for its scenes of training and combat and its visualization of a future military. It also became enormously controversial because of the political views it seemed to support. Reviewers were strongly critical of the book's intentional glorification of the military, an aspect described as and likened to. The ideology of militarism and the fact that only military veterans had the right to vote in the novel's fictional society led to it being frequently described as. This description is disputed, some commentators arguing that Heinlein was only exploring the idea of limiting the to a certain group of people. Heinlein's depiction of gender has also been questioned, while reviewers have said that the terms used to describe the aliens were akin to. Despite the controversy, Starship Troopers was widely influential both within and outside science fiction. Stated that 'the political strand in [science fiction] can be described as a dialogue with Heinlein'. Science fiction critic wrote that Starship Troopers is the 'ancestral text of U.S. ' and that it shaped the debate about the role of the military in society for many years. The novel has been credited with popularizing the idea of, which has since become a recurring feature in science fiction books and films, as well as an object of scientific research. Heinlein's depiction of a futuristic military was also influential. Later science fiction books such as 's anti-war novel have been described as reactions to Starship Troopers. The story has been adapted several times, including in a directed by that sought to satirize what the director saw as the fascist aspects of the novel. The cover of (November 1959), illustrating Starship Soldier Robert Heinlein was among the best-selling science fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s; along with, and; they were known as the 'big three' that dominated U.S. Science fiction.
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